Extract from Wikipedia article: Calocybe gambosa, commonly known as St. George's mushroom, is an edible mushroom that grows mainly in fields, grass verges and roadsides. Deriving its common name from when it first appears in the UK, namely on St George's Day (23 April). It appears in March in Italy, a warmer country where it is also a popular mushroom to eat, and is known there as marzolino. It is also popular in Northern Spain and Southern France, in the Basque Country region and its surroundings where it is called perretxiko and appears in April. In these regions it is usually eaten sautéed with egg or with bacon.

St. George's mushrooms (Calocybe gambosa) near the Gulf in area of Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2017

Group of St. George's mushrooms (Calocybe gambosa) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2017

St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) near the Gulf in area of Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2017

St. George's mushrooms (Calocybe gambosa) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2017Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район, Токсовское городское поселение

Group of St. George's mushrooms (Calocybe gambosa) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2017Ленинградская область, Всеволожский район, Токсовское городское поселение